From colonialism to AI, this Booker-longlisted novel urges us to wake up to how we treat wild creatures and places ...

Richard Powers, on the other hand, just seems to knock one out after the other. His latest, Playground, his 14th, isn’t ...

Richard Powers has long been fascinated by artificial intelligence. As far back as 1995, his novel “Galatea 2.2” reimagined ...

The author of 'The Overstory' will talk about his latest book, 'Playground,' in Portsmouth.

Richard Powers' latest novel brims with love for humanity and the planet. He makes clear that while humans have made this ...

Powers spools out Todd’s backstory through italicized first-person sections, the character in conversation with an offstage ...

Playground, the American’s 14th novel, travels across time and space, covering AI, human drama and scuba diving in typically ...

In Richard Powers’s novel, a programmer looks for relief from mental distress via a life aquatic.

This vote provides Powers with a narrative opportunity to pose questions about what humankind faces next as a result of the ...

Playground,” with its themes of AI dominance and climate destruction, is an awards contender even before it hits bookstores.

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Portland Book Festival returns Saturday, Nov. 2, and will bring authors to 10 stages in downtown Portland's South Park Blocks ...